Jugaad

Pavement unit for two   Jugaad: A creative idea, a quick, alternate way of solving or fixing problems This is an interesting Continue reading →

Vertical City

After two years of writing from the outskirts, I am back in Mumbai, feeling a sense of being embedded and Continue reading →

Good Park, Bad Park

I would like pick up from Lubaina’s post on Green Washing Mumbai and discuss particular spatial typologies that are manifestations Continue reading →

Green-Washing Mumbai: Part 2

As described in my previous post, the Open-Mumbai exhibition demonstrated a plethora of possibilities of greening the city and programming Continue reading →

Green-Washing Mumbai: Part 1

Taking a slight segue from the general narrative on our blog, I would like to introduce an extremely interesting phenomenon Continue reading →

In retrospect

Adriana’s post reminds me of a project that we built as architecture undergrads in Mumbai. As a part of a Continue reading →

Are There Many “Informalities”? Reflections from my past work…

As part of a one-year research fellowship, at the Kamla Raheja Vidhyanidhi Institute for Architecture, I studied processes of urban Continue reading →

Ways to Stay Put

By 2050, 55% of India’s population is expected to live in cities[1]. While it has been noted that the influx Continue reading →